Lightnings of the U.S. 15th Army Air Force

The author presents the combat activities of the 15th AF units equipped with the P-38 Lightning. Various types of missions over Italy, Austria, Southern Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and the Balkans are described, including the air offensive against the oil installations at Ploesti. The book also contains some firsthand accounts such as a remarkable story of flight over Vienna in the mid-May 1945.